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Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27-- Confession - Recovery of incriminating material - Where confession led to recovery of incriminating material not voluntary but caused by inducement, pressure or coercion, it is hit by Art.20(3) of Constitution, rendering such confession inadmissible...........

Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27-- Confession - Kidnapping for ransom - Murder - Accused confessed to kidnapping, confession of accused relied upon only to the extent of recovery of deceased's body as per S.27 of Evidence Act - This strongly points towards their involvement in hiding the body and causing disappearance of evidence,..........

Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 384, 506, 120B, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 26, 27-- Confession of co-accused - Evidentiary value - Confessional statement of co-accused cannot by itself be taken as a substantive piece of evidence against another accused and thus, cannot be made basis for conviction of accused without corroboration - Such statement can at best be used or utilized..........

Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27-- Confession - Dacoity with murder - Accused confessed that he broke doors of house of informant with the aid of heavy stones and assaulted inmates with pieces of wood (sticks) - He categorically stated that he and co-accused were guarding at the outside while other accused were committing theft -..........

Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27-- Extra-judicial confession - Not usually considered with favour but that does not mean that such confession coming from person who has no reason to state falsely and circumstances tend to support his statement, should not be believed...........

Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27-- Extra-judicial confession - Murder case - S.27 of the Act is brought into operation when accused produced some object connected with crime of which informant is accused - In the instant case, discovery of `dao' is direct consequence of information - Hence, it is not necessary that accused..........

Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27-- Disclosure statement - Self i, culpatory part of disclosure statements recorded u/s 27 of the Act - Cannot be used against accused as same amounts to confession before police...........

Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 364, 376(2)(f), 302, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27-- Kidnapping, rape and murder of 4 years old girl - Disclosure statement - Confession leading to recovery of dead body - Deceased was last seen with accused by PW4 and PW5, which was corroborated by PW6 - Accused confessed his guilt and also disclosed place wherefrom dead body was recovered -..........